"Leon Fisk" wrote in message
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On Sun, 6 Oct 2019 18:44:01 -0400
"Jim Wilkins" wrote:

The small angled flush-cutting "dikes" used in electronics work best
as pin pullers, but not afterwards as flush cutters. Steel damages
their knife-like edges.

Yeah, those small, precession jobbers don't take much abuse. I've
pushed them a tiny bit too hard a few times. Tedious as all get out
but
you can usually resharpen, fix them once or twice before giving up
on
them...

--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI

I reground one and decided it wasn't worth the trouble, since locally
made Xuron stamped dikes cost $4 at the time, and worked as well as
the forged ones.

The ones Production turned in for replacement had either opened at the
tips and could be shortened, or been used to cut steel and nicked,
usually close to the hinge for leverage.